WWE Vault Posts Original Concept Art For John Tenta’s Return As Golga In 1998

John Tenta was best known as Earthquake in WWE and Shark in WCW. 

In 1998, he returned to WWE as Golga, a member of The Oddities. 

WWE Vault posted the concept art for Tenta’s return. Twitter user Meng’s Mullet compiled the photos for a video. The look WWE went with is below. 

WWE Vault released concept art for John Tenta’s 1998 WWF return. Golga was almost named Plague, Pestilence, Anthrax, Hazard, or Contagion. Better yet, if you look at the final shot, they almost had him looking like Abyss years before Abyss pic.twitter.com/0rpC2qlJIi

— Meng’s Mullet (@MengsMullet) May 20, 2025

and Golga pic.twitter.com/1AHSjR90pt

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Golga’s run lasted less than a year. 

Tenta, as Earthquake, was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame alongside his Natural Disasters partner Typhoon.